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Get Busy Cooking! A Creative Innovation Solving A Dietary Issue
Eating well is an essential ingredient to good mental and physical health, but it can be challenging to some people living with disability.
Melba's Jazzy Day Out At The Bruthen Blues And Arts Festival In Gippsland
On any given weekend, the sleepy Gippsland town of Bruthen is much like any other – but for one week in February the town comes alive with the soun...
Congratulations to the 2022 Brisbane Disability Staff Recognition Award Winners!
The spotlight was well and truly on the best of the best in Brisbane recently for the 2022 Brisbane Disability Staff Recognition Awards sponsored b...
Studio A artist an Archibald portrait finalist
The pattern in the mountains of Studio A, best friends Emma and Gabrielle, by Studio A artist Emily Crockford, was one of 52 pieces selected from 8...
Surfing soothes the soul and transforms lives
There’s something soothing and comforting about the waves and surfing so it comes as no surprise that surfing is fast catching on as a mental healt...
New Sesame Street Muppet has a disability
There’s a new Muppet on the Sesame Street block, and she uses a wheelchair.
Hireup backs Queensland powerchair footballers
Hireup is part of the national powerchair football championships action in Sydney recently.
First film with a largely deaf cast wins best picture at Academy Awards
Family drama movie CODA has become the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win the best picture Oscar at the 2022 94th Academy Awards.
MATES helps people with a disability learn to swim
Swim programs Austswim and Kids Alive Do The Five have joined forces to make swimming more accessible for people living with a disability.
Music has its own beat for many living with a disability
Music is much more than an incentive or motivation to move and concentrate - for some people living with a disability it is a connection and even t...
Creative arts therapy has been proven to empower people with a disability
It is becoming more apparent that unleashing your creative talent through art is a sure way to calm the soul and soothe the mind, as MARINA REYNOLD...
ACALS program brings old furniture to life and participants together
“Coming together, to support one another” is Accessible Care & Lifestyle Services’ (ACALS) slogan - and the provider’s hugely popular Upcycle R...
Former Australian police officer and paralympian Carol Cooke releases book
Carol Cooke is a three times Aussie gold medal paralympian, nine times World Champion in cycling, philanthropist and founder of the MS 24 hou...
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